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Ondrej Palat also scored for the Lightning, who took a one-point lead over Montreal for second place in the Atlantic Division. A runner-up finish would give Tampa Bay home-ice advantage in its first-round playoff series with the Canadiens.

Boone Jenner and David Savard replied for Columbus. The playoff-bound Blue Jackets are tied with Philadelphia, which has one game at hand, for third place in the Metropolitan Division.

Gudlevskis had played in the ECHL and AHL, and for Latvia at the Sochi Olympics. Anders Lindback started in place of the injured Ben Bishop in the Lightning’s 4-2 win Thursday night over Philadelphia.

Bishop, 37-14-7 this season, might not be ready for the start of the playoffs because of an upper-body injury. He left early in the first period of Tuesday’s win over Toronto with what appeared to be a left elbow injury.

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Also Friday, Blue Jackets forward Nathan Horton had surgery to repair an abdominal injury and was expected to be out for six weeks.

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